by Joanne | Mar 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
I had heard this verse so many times. Probably so have you …. “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” (Luke 9:23, NIV) I had learned from young this refers to a death to oneself; a living for...
by Joanne | Mar 18, 2014 | Encouragement
The story of Ruth continues to teach me new lessons. If we have heard the story of Ruth before, then we know Boaz is her kinsman redeemer, also representative of Jesus and His working in each of our lives. A “kinsman-redeemer”, very simply defined, was a...
by Joanne | Mar 17, 2014 | Devoted Living
I was not raised in a denomination which practiced Lent. But I have this admission to make …. I always felt I had missed out on something when my girlfriends came to school with the Cross fashioned from ash on their foreheads. As the days passed and they shared...
by Joanne | Mar 17, 2014 | Encouragement
“Reading the gospels one after another seems so redundant,” she said to me. I continued to think about her words long into the day. I remembered thinking the very same thing once, after all, each gospel tells the same stories of the time Jesus spent on...
by Joanne | Mar 16, 2014 | Prayer
O Lord, Heavenly Father, from who all good and perfect gifts come; O Father of light, who causes us both to desire and to do your good pleasure; O Lord Jesus Christ, the author and perfecter of faith; O Holy Spirit, who works in all things according to your plan: We...
